Catch the box! OPEN FLOOR DISCUSSION

How many times have you heard colleagues and peers complaining about lack of knowledge and data sharing in the Wind industry? And, how many times did you all agree that the ultimate goal is to provide energy at affordable prices by bringing down O&M costs through preventative maintenance?

This session has been designed for audience participation and knowledge sharing with no excuses! Instead of slowly passing around a stick microphone, simply throw the soft catchbox to the first person in the room who’s meeting your eyes!

Delegates are encouraged to come along with ideas, comments and provocative questions for their peers. This is a self-moderated session so there won’t be such thing as hiding in corners!

14:00

Emulation And Measurement Of Wind Turbine Power Converter Junction Temperature

Background to why we are doing the work (failure rates of power converters in wind turbines)

Outline of experimental work into measuring the junction temperature using IR sensors

Work into emulation of wind turbine operational profiles in the laboratory

Outline of our collaboration with a power electronics testing company on this project and future ideas

Roundtable Feedback

16:40

Speed Networking

Realising the importance of connecting with your peers, we organised a moderated networking session where delegates are prompted to meet others in brief 3-minute rounds. The moderator will be keeping track of time and announcing participants when to switch partners.